Mainstream Media Rips Democrats in Shutdown Debate

by Don Irvineon January 23, 2018

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The latest government shutdown, which began Saturday morning, came to a crashing thud for Democrats in the Senate, who gave in to the Republicans and agreed to fund the government for another three weeks. Some mainstream media outlets put the party on blast for not holding firm against the GOP.

Here’s a sampling of the coverage:

The New York Times: “Democrats Blink in Shutdown Impasse, Hoping for a Bargain”

Over the weekend it became clear that using the shutdown to insist on protections for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants was a serious miscalculation. By abandoning the strategy on its third day, Democrats believe they limited whatever damage there may be and gave the public time to forget about the disruption before the crucial November election.

Politico: “Schumer’s shutdown performance sparks unrest in his ranks”

The Democratic leader confronts the most serious cracks in the unity he’s tried to foster since he took the reins of his conference last year.”

Yet, without securing any concessions beyond moving a deadline to do this again in three weeks instead of four, Democrats shuffled to the Senate floor to pass essentially the same bill that they voted down Friday night.